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Very deceitful creatures, those Nazis. alnplcs of elaborate camouflage found by Yank troops somewhere in France after Germans fled. Top photo shows what's apparently the stark skeleton of a bombed building. been carefully constructed by Germans to fool Allied airmen into pas- The "ruins" conceal large underground barracks. Also built to hide subterranean quarters was the "farmhouse" in bottom It was palnstalemgly constructed of plywood and netting, elab- orately painted for realistic effect.

Deception

Photos above show two ex-

It is a complete fake. having

Canadians Uccupy All Of Boulogne

Buildings Burned At Rioilillucto

RIOIIIUUPO, N. B. Sept. 20 ~10?) -- lire here early today destroyed three buildings - All- ison Mundleis general store and-the homes of James McKee and Andrew lttitinbldlillld. The fire started in the s e.

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"Show -- Min-ray River Thurs-

dlv. 9-10-21. “Danes. Rlverdaie School. Bomember Ind. . s-so-zi. “Danes Byrnas load School hiday. Sbpttelnber 22nd. 9-21-21.

"Chicken Sofia Kelly's Cross. Ihuésdav. upt. 21. Dance after- nr s. '

s-la-al. "Hospital Dance. McGregors Warehouse, Morita e. Saturday. Bcbtelnber 3rd. water's Orch- MTI- Q-ZI-fii. "halite Dance in Miilvalc W100i. Iriday, September 22nd. Lunch served. 0-20-11.

"Belfast Hall. Fl-iday. September 331d. Benefit Movie Picture for Mon Branch Soldiers’ Legion - Oome. 9-20-21.

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wrrn ‘rt-m lwr CANADIAN ‘ARMY, Sept. 30 -— (GP Cable) --Boulogne was entirely OWHPlP<i| by Canadian forces tonight wi the clean-up of the remainini 1 pockets of enemy resistance but tho French channel town and its_l>°fli area. both remain w.thin shellfire of German suns in positions in the north and south-

Canadlall infantry supported by a big artillery concentration engaged in stiff fighting around these pos- itions today.

Meantime Polish forces which have driven across the ‘BHSiMP Netherlands frontier pusned 1°!‘- ward elements to the town N Terncuzen on the south side of the Schelde estuary, 15 miles from lhfl North Sea. Polish patrlfits reached the egtuary at several other points.

(Supreme Allied Headqill-YWTE 531,1‘, g&liilsfiyllllr€fl has been cupid"- e orces.

dIn yenerally clear weather bomb- oarry typhoons operated over the Canadian area and made suo- cessful attacks. on German bat- tcrieg at Calais, 20 miles north and slightly east of laoulogne. and 40 miles northeast of

ulogne. Infantry pushing north from the seized port within sight of Eli!- land's coast occupied Wimille. 2 1-2 muei north and sllshilv wt but i ‘ continued d Wlmereux. on the coast 2-12 miles north Boulogne, into which maritime formations drove Slin- dfly night.

Island 0f Crete is Blockadsli

. Sept. 20 — (AP) — Al- lied air and naval forces have loose-hen a ing attack against strained Nazi transport and alr- fields on Crete and have blockaded the island to prevent escape of the German garrison. Allied conlmunl- ques announced today. Simultaneously, land and carrier based aircraft lasted harbor and radio installations on the Ae can island of Mslos and matnta ned a heavy bombin offensive against other r" man-hold islands on the a roaches to the Balkan Penin-

(‘Jl-IARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, nrunsoAv, SEPTEMBER 21, 1944

By KIRK It. (Associated Press War Anaiyfll

IIIAIQI

Gateway to the flat. northern plain of Germany ls taking on triple threat valucs. It not only has poised a well developed flanking move against

the whole Nazi Siegfried Line and

evolving swiftly into a vast new entrapment manoeuvre designed to catch the German garrison of coastal Holland in its clutch.

The latter ll implied in Field

section to his forces that there would be "no point in pulhlnl drill?" away to Iarlin today or this week."

“If you first defeat the Germans or collect them in as prkolara,‘ he added “you will make the Job easier."

Nor can it be doubted that another ZO-milc jump northward from the Arnhem crossing of the lower Rhine, already in the grin of Allied flty troops, would effectually seal off the Nazi garrison in northern Hol-

land from escape except by sea, a

A dual highway system leads northward from Arnhem w Zwolle and the cast share of the vast Ijssel Sea via Apeldoorn and Deventcr. Capture of Zwolls would cut the last land escape routes for German forces in the Netherlands coastal area south of the entrance to the ljsael Sea except for the long causeway spanning that. entrance. The

causeway could be knocked out. by

It follows that the Allied push into the Nijmegen-Arnhem gate- wa must already have set in motion an enemy flight from all northern

ll land. It la reasonable assumptl

northeast provinces of Holland, and

to Zwolle invites Allied entrapment manoeuvring.

The Netherlands coast, its off-shore islands and the mouths of its great estuaries and inland seas have been heavily fortified since Nazi occllpatlon. The Allied move through the. Brabant Gateway, how- ever, bypasses both those coastal defense works and the Nazi flooded regions. .It promises early seizure of many well sheltered ports in Hol- land to speed up the flow of reinforcements and supplies for the full lcalo invasion of Germany itself along the shortest route to Berlin.

The People's Paper

ituation Last Nigh

that whatever resistance Allied forces may meet in driving northward to cut enemy communications with coastal Holland, it will not include siege operations against prepared strongly fortified positions. Whatever northward extension there may be of the Siegfried Line. it must be behind German borders, not in the

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SIMPSON

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ardirect menace to Berlin: but is

Marshal Montgomery's calm slig-

dosporately hazardous business.

air at any time.

it is there in Holland that the road

(Grim Evidence At Tn’? 9f Police Chief In Rome

l’. ll. ll. Names Ambassador To Polish Cov’t

Move Arouses Speculat- ion In U. S. Political Circles.

By John M. Hishwwer wasnmarou, sept. 2o ——<AP)

wzxecuteol hostages recovered from

_ In a diplomatic move with a bearing on the domestic political‘ picture. President Roosevelt t0-. day named Arthur Bliss lone as Ambassador to the government of, Poland-whereby suddenly reaf- firming United States support for‘ the rcflme which Russia. declines. to recognize or deal Willi-

Mr. Lane is one of eight alabas- sadors Whose names the ‘President, submitted to the senate wduv flu; confirmation. Five of the "l9!- drew, European hsignments. coverinli. 51x countries llow being liberated or soon to be.

l Most attention centred on the

unexpected naming of Mr. Lane to d

the Polish Government at Londonu It comes at a time when Premier‘ Stanislaw Mikolnjczykis still try-l ing. so far as is known hero, 1201 work gut 50mg agreement with Mos-‘ cow whereby his government may! be merged with Soviet-sponsored‘ Polish Committee of liberation, 1

There were two possible inter-. pretationg of the President's action,,l as diplomats saw it. One was that‘ an agreement for settlement of till!‘ Russo-Polish dispute had actually‘ been arrived at or was near. l

The other interpretation was‘ that on the question of Poland the, United States Wits determined. rc-, gardless of Russian policy", to stand; by the London Polish Government. It ll at this point that domestic» political implications come in, since‘ there is a large Polish-American‘ vote in the United States which is believed by officials here to ba committed to support of the Loll- don regime.

Iiazi Evacuation Attempt Smashed

IDNDON, Sept. 20 -- (op) _. German attempts to stage a Dunk- emue-iilo.‘ evacuation from Bolli-

kruuv of _

when light naval forces closed in for the kill. the guns were turned on the second group of enemy

‘nae firing wont on for nearly thrice hours, with 220 rounds fired and German guns answering with about 120 rounds.

Observers said this action was the most spectacular of the two- weck gun duel that raged across as miles o! sea. Erlglandb "hell

" was poundud with

corner bar-rages. but the Germans heavi in men and material.

‘(its court 39 of the total of

i8 priest from Regina Cecil 1 ison

By George Bria

ROME, sept. 20 -_ (A P) - Pietro Caruso, former Rome police chief. on trial for h's life in ‘i111 improvised courtroom” ‘élaboratcl |' guarded to protect him from 1110.1‘ violence, turned palerand trembled today 11s a medical expert gave a stark description of the bodies of

Rome's "Smolensk forest"—the Ar- deatine caves.

As the trial opened for the second time the husky defendant, his hands trembling so that the papers he held rattled. told the court that Held Marshal Gen Albert Kesselring. Nazi commander in Italy. ordered him to furnish hostages for exec- ution in reprlsal for the bombing of an S S. column.

Tire Supply Still Short

UPMWA, Sent. 20 — (@- - Oanacfls rlbber supply situation has eased consicizriibiy 5p for as requirtuneilts which can All,‘ met by

synthetic rubber are concerned: but for other goods- -partl_cu‘la_rly are lunltmfl

tires- -other factors roduc

n.

The question of Just when tires are liitailv to become aenerallv av- ailable is one officials are not yet are ed to answer. Rubber. with ot er supply situations. :s under current review, but motorists will have to wait for an ailswar to the question of whether there will

a marked m the tires situation after t1

collapse of Germany.

The overnment-olvned Polymer oorporat n's synthetic rubber plant near Sarnia. Ont., is turning oult blma-s type rubber at its rate caipacitv of 34,000 tons _a year: but some crude rubber is needed for the manufacture of tir- es and the crude rubber supply situation is extremely tight.

Synthetic rubber has confronted sci ntlsts and production men with. new problems, partlouiarlv l_n the] manufacture of tires. Tile tires on F

A heavy engagement also was in progress in the Arnhem sector, eight miles to the north, where the pock- eted Allied airborne troops battled furiously against German forces which surrounded them. .

The Germans increased their air activity greatly and threw planes into heavy bombing and strafing operations both at Arnhem and Ni]- megen, and also at British held Eindhovcn.

The great battle across the Rhine

Lon uh&f€;plt;l 201-“ S (AP)— ‘

which cars and trucks rolled in

1+. is not as flexible as the natural Rolland “minus-d in "I" Wins i

product and it shows a tendency i0| ‘ 1°53? "W"! 19° mil" "f ‘he i heat um at high spieds and wider i German frontier. 1; heavv loads. Tcn main traffic centres A

Manufacturing ‘processes hall ‘i0 along that border have been A

be changed. Rayon is beinlz used in heavier tires instead of cotton All this has slowed up tire production and the nrocrssing of synthetic

subjected to concentrated at- tacks in the past two days and pilots reported large fires stilll. blazed tonight in the latest it

ltillxfieife milsliidis limit mtliepernsiliei-rii g1§§;,,;3,1“=§,-,,,“';;{§;-, M‘“‘°“‘"' ;f product. |—— . :————.— _ _-JI

Delta, the German Radio salimight prove a decisive western-front engagement.

Enemy Better Organised

Consul Says Greece liot Liberated Yet

MONTREAL. Sept. 20 — (C?)- Hon. George Depasta, Greek Min- ister to Canada, said tonight it was "a little too early" to hold a celebration on the liberation of Greece. He was commenting on a Halifax dispatch which quoted Lt.- Cmdr. Basil Hanides, Greek Con-

Sevenly miles to the south Un- ited States 1st Army troops reached Gressenich. four miles east of Stol-l‘ berg, in Germany. German forces, in this area fought furiously and. with beter co-orclinnton than at any time since the battle of Nor-

(Corltiilued page 6. Col. 8)

Chief Ileclares

l-le said, however, that he was aw» are of the gravity of the request and cut the number of hostages turned over to the Germans from the 80 demanded to 50 l

Professor Attilio Ascarellf, ulrecfl tor of tile Medical-Legal Investig-t ntions at tile massacre scene, toldy 335 bodies exhumed out 0f the danki caves near Romeo ancient Appizili Way were found beheaded. Their necks 11ml been smashed by highl explosive bullets and time had done' the rest. . F

Cnruvo passed his hand before! h's eves as the witness gave thel

e ails. I Ascarelli said the bodies "were piled up in two galleries like sar- dines ill a tin.“ that all the bodies were found with their hands ted behind their backs and that the Germans who carried out the ex- ecutions had mined the caves to obstruct recovery of the victims.

Tile trial was adjourned llntil to- mcrroav after several witnesses tes- tified against Caruso. They inclu- ricd ill:- present Police Chief Enrico Morazzini who said Mussolini con- gratulated Caruso for breaking into St. Paula Church.

Three witnesses testified in his favor. including an 84 year old bish- op WllO said Caruso once rel sed

upon tho Bishop's request.‘ ______-__-

DOWN T0 EARTH

000 had alread been paid and $3,-

I-DASDQN- — (Q?) — 575ml’ 000.6110 would ave t0 be refunded 611mm. lnvlmtflr and designer 0i to farmers who had paid in full the famous Hurricane airplane,‘ per

has designed a safe, speedy, fentll-‘ er-weight bicycle for use after the‘ war.

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‘Finance Minister Ilsley today made. Ellchern told a Guardian repre-

llsley Turns i Down Proposal i The City u... s........... was

[called out yesterday afternoon to . 1 extinguish a fire at the city dump. By c- c‘ F After using five tanks of water. _ ' 'tile firemen succeeded in Betting it under control. _

"That is the last time I shall ,ever take my men to tllc city _j dump," Fire Chief Angus Mc-

QTTAWA. Scot. 20 __ (c?)

public the text of a later to Pre-i sentative. “The place is a ‘dis; lnicr T. C. Douglas of Saskachew-i grace to any civilized community.

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GERMAN. RESISTANCE HAS STIFFENED

NazisFigltt Fiercely“ To Stem Allied Drive

LONDON, Sept. 20 — (AP) - British 2nd Army troops fought tonight to cross flhe Rhine River at Nijmegen, Holland, in a race to rescue a huge pocket of Allied air- borne forces isolated in the Arnhem sector and under slashing German attack.

The all-important concrete bridge, 11-2 miles long and 600 feet above the swift flowing Wzlal Rhine, still is intact, head quarters declared officially at but it was firmly held by the Germans, and a great, swirling battle was raging.

midnight,

Over tlvo thousand people fil- led the little community of Dun- das yesterday to witness what was perhaps the most successful com- bined Ploughing Match and Live- stock Show ever to be held in the

The (lav and night aerial cam-l Dre-war dcyS Wcfe i119 result °£ ' ‘ province. There were 33 entries in years of study and exnrrimerit. In 1 flfoiigu" n‘“(’]vl1l’1':"°l;‘:ups'h°0r ‘liifgl’ the pmugmng comests‘ 121 horse war-crowded months new “mils 1pm., ,0 me smgnkd L,“ m.‘ entries, and s1 pure bred cattle had to be learned about synthetic. ‘ enmei Among those present

w ~ His Honour LieuL-Governor B. . LePage, Premier J. Walter Jones. I-lon. W. F. A. Stewart. Min- ister of Agriculture, Mr. George Saville, M. L. A., Dr. T. V. Grant, M. P., and Mr. H. F. McPhee. K.C.

In the walking plough contest for boys under 18 years of age Ron- ald McDonald of Little Pond was first, and George Clifford. Prim- rose, a lad of l1 years, was sec- ond. In the contest for boys un- der 16, George Clifford was first and Brian Clay of Bridgetown. second. The special championship open to all ploughing contestants was won by Albert Curran of Sum- merville. The single furrow plough- ing» match (open) was also won by Albert Curran, and the tractor ploughing contest was won by Allen D. McLeod of Mount Hope with John Dunasouler of Forest Hill second.

The leading prize winner in the beef breeds was Fred Matheson of Dunrias and, Mr. Lincoln Dewar of New Perth was the largest winner in the Holstein entries. John A.

s"! the“. 9s saving he had re- D m I mLiJliieingxlil/Ililtxgé “éffitisilliii celved a llire from the Greek . and Ernest Under)“ d R Consulate at Ottawa advising him, Burke of Jercc s yThan ,1 18y tihaaét pahrts of Greece had been| Herd chhmp1gnz1j1p ope‘; tounatfi‘ Y“ P ~ g Clair o o ' ' p y ree s. was won by Lewis

Burge with a Holstein bull. Among the many. winners the horse entries were: Kennedy oi New Perth; John Bllshey. Souris Line Road; Ed- ward McDonald. Little Pond; Alex McLeod, Roscncatll; Earl Havden Martinvale; George Acorn, ‘Milli WW" CYOSS; Mclsaac Bros., st, Peter's; Clifford Bryentcn, Rollo Bay; Alex Meclntyre, Lorne Val. ley: K-"irl Cristcnscn, Dundas. Th1‘ Judges were: W. J. Reid ' 07-91111‘. for the horses; L. w‘, Roper for the cattle, and W, w_ Baird of Nappan. N. 5,, 1m- 111e, Plflilllhln! matches.

in George

flll reviewing proposals made by! he continued. "and I have no in- that province for settlement of all-l lblitifln u! flllflwinll luv men m. 700.000 in 193a Seed 3mm flutes: take the risk of brmclng small-l

falling due Oct. 3i. ;pox, diphtheria, typhoid fever, or» Tnmlhg down the 3115895110 ,5; flfiiyliztigfll; of; doze? rtiiseaseskthey} .d b . i rut} rom a. mlc o

gill y Mr Douglas’ M’ I151”; 31bit; and filth'to their familles.|

"The acceptance o; yam. mmgThe plnce is overrun also with] 5.11 wguld mmw upan the Digmln-‘ rats and I am sure we killed doz- hm ggyeynmgnt the Co“ o; cam.“ ens nf them during the short time out ynur ekcflon prom-“Sgl we were tilere. Something should

In his letter, and 1h h statement be done about such an unsanitary mum to The canadmn Preps 18st menace ‘so comparatively close to n1gm_ M,‘ 115193, said the plan out the cit-y, the Chief concluded. lined by the Saskatchewan C. c. F. government would mean the pro- vince would bear no burden of the.

battling on till: outer Rinlini.

Nazi Gothic Line Defences j Threatened

. Scpt. 2o —(CP)- Strong‘

ROME forces of Canadians and Greeks oil

the British 8th Army tonight were defences of

A-iriatic port at the

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debt and the Dominion would ail-i sume the entire balance left unpaid] by farmers. 1

(In a statement in Saskatoon last; night Mr. Douglas said under his: government's plnn the cost to the Province would be S7.000,000.and the federal government's cost $10,000,000. He said Mr. Ilsleyls statement that the province would not pay any- thing wag not correct. some $4,000,-

lf settlement was made at 50 clp )

Large Flying Bomb Plant ls Seized

UNITED STATES 3RD ARMY HEADQUARTERS, Sept. 20-40?- Rcuter) The largest. flying bomb assemb'y plant yet found has been discovered near the Lux- embourg border.

The large underground factory captured by 3rd Army troops is in an old French iron mine.

According to workers production of several hundred bombs daily was planned. The rapid Allied ad- vance prevented the factory from coming to use. Thousands of Todt workers, slzlvelzlborors toiled l-i hours daily in its preparation.

They apparently planned to use the factory after giving up Pas De Calais sites. Many uncompleted bombs and thousands of tons of equipnlgniwerejeized.

southernmost lip of the Po Valley. after capturing important positions

umish which threatened the whole German Gothic Line posit- o

"Kl.

With Riminl airfield already in Allied hands. thi: Canadians fmilzht‘ ilvltciy to clean us: remaining de-' fence Dockcts southwest of thc| Dori. advanced 1.000 yards beyond the and umre directly threatening Riminl itself. ‘

of the. Italian front meanwhile breachcdi the Gothic line on a six-mile front north of Florence, opening incl way for another but less-promising descent on the Po Valley. some 2'3 miles distant.

Capture of Rimini would mean that tanks and infantry could spread out on to the Po Valley in a huge flanking movement. Troops in the area of Rimini today wen‘

assaulting the village of San iFortunnto and nearby had reach- ed San rlno and captured

Sergajille. C. _—.—.—'__..___ - 1

Reds Break Germ n

Defences In Estonia

LONDON, Sept. 20 — (AP) - Propelled by n double break- through ln Estonia by 4th Army group. the Red Army's grand of- fensive to rid the Baltic of Ger- mans before snow flies has en- gulfed nearly 2,000,more towns and reached within 50 miles of Tallinn. Astonish capital, Moscow disclosed tonight. '